Round 20 · 25 November 2012
2012 Brazilian Grand Prix: results
Jenson Button (McLaren) won the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, round 20 of the championship, held on 25 November 2012 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Brazil), starting from position 2. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari) completed the podium. Pole position went to Lewis Hamilton. The fastest lap was set by Lewis Hamilton (—).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 2 | 1:45:22.656 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 7 | +2.754 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 5 | +3.615 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 3 | +4.936 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 6 | +5.708 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 4 | +9.453 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 13 | +11.907 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 17 | +28.653 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 14 | +31.250 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 8 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 22 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 15 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 20 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 9 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 21 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 24 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 18 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 19 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 10 | — | — | Accident |
| 20 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1 | — | — | Collision |
| 21 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 18 | — | — | Accident |
| 22 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 16 | — | — | Collision |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 11 | — | — | Collision |
| 24 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 12 | — | — | Collision |